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obama has had that at some points. at other points he's really lost it, looked like he's struggling to hang on the it's really important to remember that external factors, un employment, those are where it is. >> but if the republicans get a real unt next year because president carter -- there's a mistake -- president obama doesn't seem to have a grip on it, who would be the best to exploit that situation? >> i think the most likely, strongest candidate for the republicans is mitch danlts if you have this guy, and then the governor of indiana who says i'm not graceful and elegant but i do control things. my debt has gone down 40%. i can crom things and get job done for you. i think that's the best counterprogram. >> cut now, better life later. that's the american tradition we all grew up with, right? the parents say we're not having steak, we're having hamburger, so you can go to college. >> now if we have no social trust, if a politician asks me to sacrifice i my -- think i'm going to sacrifice but they're not and we
obama has had that at some points. at other points he's really lost it, looked like he's struggling to hang on the it's really important to remember that external factors, un employment, those are where it is. >> but if the republicans get a real unt next year because president carter -- there's a mistake -- president obama doesn't seem to have a grip on it, who would be the best to exploit that situation? >> i think the most likely, strongest candidate for the republicans is mitch...
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has barack obama personally lost the power of the bully pulpit? >> welcome back. the president's been on the trail trying to build a tide of public pressure. is it time for him to get americans to listen to him again? >> sure, absolutely. don't forget he wasn't actually winning the race in 2008 until about mid september. he has four or five opportunities until now and that point a year from now. >> to regain the pulpit? >> sure. >> the white house is going to get him in the country with housing speech, with a deficit speech. they hope that that will get attention. it's not challenge. >> key? >> it's a challenge because he's so pervasively available and he speaks so much it's hard for him to say something new. but he is the president and there's an energy that comes from that. if they see their president and town, it excites people. and that could happy. >> people stopped listening to jimmy carter in 1979. >> in the 12 days before the special election on brooklyn he fell 12 points. in the middle of that was his speech. and the lack of popularity or the deceleration
has barack obama personally lost the power of the bully pulpit? >> welcome back. the president's been on the trail trying to build a tide of public pressure. is it time for him to get americans to listen to him again? >> sure, absolutely. don't forget he wasn't actually winning the race in 2008 until about mid september. he has four or five opportunities until now and that point a year from now. >> to regain the pulpit? >> sure. >> the white house is going to get...
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we haven't seen that in president obama and die-hard obama supporters are getting nervous, does he have it in him to take a stand and take it to them? >> he may get his mojo back if he has an opponent. sarah palin has a new book and is talkingo t the "new york times." kelly, will she be part of the opposition to the white house that gives the president back his mojo? >> what's interesting to me on capitol hill is one name i almost never hear is sarah palin. in the political world we're covering, she is a forceful presence, but among senators and members of the house, remarkably, if you say tea party, they say jim demint or michelle bachman. her world within that establishment of office holders is strangely quiet. >> but they have a show on tlc. >> no, they don't. >> it shows how out of touch they are. you go to anywhere else in america and you'll hear someone mention sarah palin's name. only on capitol hill is it a name that's not mentioned. and you said something earlier, norah, that if sarah palin plans to run -- listen, she's running. >> she's not just selling books? >> i do not thin
we haven't seen that in president obama and die-hard obama supporters are getting nervous, does he have it in him to take a stand and take it to them? >> he may get his mojo back if he has an opponent. sarah palin has a new book and is talkingo t the "new york times." kelly, will she be part of the opposition to the white house that gives the president back his mojo? >> what's interesting to me on capitol hill is one name i almost never hear is sarah palin. in the...
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and obama's going to be trying, i think, succeeding, do get a deal. chris: that's the pattern established this week. >> the tea party is the force. the democratic left is not. chris: everybody likes lower tax rates. and everybody says at least they hate loopholeless. isn't there a potential, this is what bill bradley did, lower the rates by increasing revenue by plugging all these phony loopholes that the corporations and the people with special interests get through offer the years. >> that could be done. >> and the deficit commission said you could find $1 trillion by closing loopholes and everybody from warren buffett to bill gates, billionaires -- >> there's one difference between now and 1986. and that has been the exponential growth and power of lobbyists. lob yists protect loopholes. they're going to win. they won on the financial regulation reform. they never lose. chris: are you the grinch? [laughter] >> that very fact i agree with you, but that very fact is an opportunity for the president to finally be -- he's going to raise a billion dolla
and obama's going to be trying, i think, succeeding, do get a deal. chris: that's the pattern established this week. >> the tea party is the force. the democratic left is not. chris: everybody likes lower tax rates. and everybody says at least they hate loopholeless. isn't there a potential, this is what bill bradley did, lower the rates by increasing revenue by plugging all these phony loopholes that the corporations and the people with special interests get through offer the years....
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he stood up for president obama, then senator obama. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him and he is not -- he is an arab. >> no, ma'am. no, ma'am. he is a decent family man. chris: wow, kelly. >> what a moment. i was in the room for that as i was in the chamber when joe wilson shouted you lie. it was a ricochet in the room at that time. with senator mccain so striking, you could feel the entire room take a deep breath. he had a decision to make in that moment. am i working with this crowd of supporters or am i going to say the thing that has to be said. to pull the microphone back from one of your supporters is a tough thing for politicians to do. i think that's one of the more defining moments about him in the campaign, but one of the most difficult moments. chris: a great john mccain at that moment. >> he had been flirting a little bit with the dark side. things were getting desperate in the campaign. he saw this kind of irrational anger that was coming out of republican audiences. he just couldn't go there. it was a moment of real honor. >> during
he stood up for president obama, then senator obama. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him and he is not -- he is an arab. >> no, ma'am. no, ma'am. he is a decent family man. chris: wow, kelly. >> what a moment. i was in the room for that as i was in the chamber when joe wilson shouted you lie. it was a ricochet in the room at that time. with senator mccain so striking, you could feel the entire room take a deep breath. he had a decision to make in that moment. am i...
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>> the minority re-elected president obama but i'm going can katty. it's the tea party and thinks of the tea party that are driving the republicans out of contention as a national party. you cannot win nationally if you don't know something about the way the country's changed and the tea party seems to think the country can go back 20 or 30 years. the greatest slogan i hated was we want to take back our country. it's not your country anymore. it's our country and you're part of it but that thinking will defeat republicans if they don't get rid of it. chris: our next category, worst moments of the campaign year. clint eastwood's empty chair number, mitt romney's disastrous overseas trip to london, suggesting that the brits weren't up to hosting the olympics. next, it was the uproar when the white house went to war with the catholic bishops by insisting religious organizations cover employees for contraception and barack obama's frozen performance in the first debate? >> i'm going with london. i was there at the time and it was not only the worst moment
>> the minority re-elected president obama but i'm going can katty. it's the tea party and thinks of the tea party that are driving the republicans out of contention as a national party. you cannot win nationally if you don't know something about the way the country's changed and the tea party seems to think the country can go back 20 or 30 years. the greatest slogan i hated was we want to take back our country. it's not your country anymore. it's our country and you're part of it but...
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and obama's luck. he was lucky to run against john mccain who declared the state of the economy strong when lehman fell. with the economy weak is obama lucky again that business with mitt romney has changed the subject? i'm chris matthews. with us david ignatius. the bbc's katty kay, "the new york times'" helene cooper and national journal major garrett. foreign policy is the defining issue in this most critical presidential election. barack obama is a democratic president who holds the high ground on national security and that became a problem for governor romney in his charge that the president projects weakness to america's enemies. when he got the nobel peace prize at the beginning of his term, the president decided to use that stage to make clear that even though he was elected as an opponent of the iraq war, he does not shrink from using power in the muslim world. >> religion is used to justify the murder of innocents by those who have distorted and defiled the great religion of islam. and who at
and obama's luck. he was lucky to run against john mccain who declared the state of the economy strong when lehman fell. with the economy weak is obama lucky again that business with mitt romney has changed the subject? i'm chris matthews. with us david ignatius. the bbc's katty kay, "the new york times'" helene cooper and national journal major garrett. foreign policy is the defining issue in this most critical presidential election. barack obama is a democratic president who holds...
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. >> obama was elected against the backdrop of the iraq war. this decision was taken against the backdrop of the iraq war and one of the reasons you so hesitancy from washington because the very thing obama didn't want to be was like bush, the guy that went to an arab country, imposed american will and got embroiled in a long-term mess in the middle east. the calculation they made is the risk of appearing weak on leadership, which is what he was criticized for in europe the past week, was outweighed by the risk of getting embroiled in something they couldn't get out of. chris: over the last couple of weeks, the choice for the president, has been, norah, to get out front and lead the fight like he did with iraq, or fade back, let the arab league make the call and become embroiled, bring in the french ahead of us, the british ahead of us, the lebanese, all to push the resolution and we go along with it rather than being the outside aggressor, we're just joining the world. didn't people elect barack obama so we'd rejoin the world rather than be ou
. >> obama was elected against the backdrop of the iraq war. this decision was taken against the backdrop of the iraq war and one of the reasons you so hesitancy from washington because the very thing obama didn't want to be was like bush, the guy that went to an arab country, imposed american will and got embroiled in a long-term mess in the middle east. the calculation they made is the risk of appearing weak on leadership, which is what he was criticized for in europe the past week, was...
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president obama walks a fine line, supporting a vital u.s. ally and also siding with the egyptian people who want freedom and their democratic rights. >> these are human rights and the united states will stand up for them everywhere. >> can mubarak, egypt's ruler for three decades, survive. and if he goes, will an islamic extremist movement replace him? what are the implications for the rest of the middle east if the democratic wave keeps growing. relations with israel, iran's flus, u.s. oil interests and stability in a crucial region of the world. our guest this morning, secretary of state, hillary clinton. >>> also part of our special coverage. a report from nbc krif correspondent richard engel on the ground at a former middle east negotiator and ambassador to israel for president bill clinton. back home in his state of the union address, the president promptses to win the future. but what can actually get down this year? with us, the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell from kentucky. >>> and how foreign policy will impact the
president obama walks a fine line, supporting a vital u.s. ally and also siding with the egyptian people who want freedom and their democratic rights. >> these are human rights and the united states will stand up for them everywhere. >> can mubarak, egypt's ruler for three decades, survive. and if he goes, will an islamic extremist movement replace him? what are the implications for the rest of the middle east if the democratic wave keeps growing. relations with israel, iran's flus,...
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you will see the fight on obama care across the board and in the house and senate to try to defund obama care bill and start over. one thing i'm going to do with senator grasso is allow states to opt out. the expansion of medicaid under the obama health care bill is going to bankrupt south carolina so i think this fight going to continue until 2012 and move from washington to the states. it will be one big fight over the role of health care and should obama health care be in existence in 2012 the way it is today. >> senator, we talked about what kind of relationship this white house is going to have with a more republican congress or republican house, more republicans in the senate. the lame duck session was where the president finished strong. lot of booip accomplishments. this is what you said, however, just before skrichristmas react to the lake dumb. >> when it is all going to be said and done, harry reid has eaten our lunch. this has been a capitulation in two weeks of dramatic proportions of policies that wouldn't have passed in the new congress. >> so to your way of thinking -- th
you will see the fight on obama care across the board and in the house and senate to try to defund obama care bill and start over. one thing i'm going to do with senator grasso is allow states to opt out. the expansion of medicaid under the obama health care bill is going to bankrupt south carolina so i think this fight going to continue until 2012 and move from washington to the states. it will be one big fight over the role of health care and should obama health care be in existence in 2012...
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also on obama, the same guy. when we return, what is all this about mitt romney reverng to moderate roots if he won? where's the evidence he would split from the far right who brung him to the white house? scoops and predictions from the note books of the reporters. [captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: welcome back, there's a mini debate among democrats abt the president's best attack on mitt romney. one side says, play romneas a flip-flopper. they look at polls like this from nbc last week. only 18% of all-important independent voters say they view mitt romney as more consistent than barack obama. but other democrats say forget the flip-flopping and go with this. >> i've fought against long odds in a deep blue state but i was a severely conservative republican governor. chris: wow. helene, you wrote in your piece, you quote obama, as saying "romney is the most conrvative nominee since barry goldwater." so which way is the smart way to go, go after him as a conservative, or someone who is flip-fppin
also on obama, the same guy. when we return, what is all this about mitt romney reverng to moderate roots if he won? where's the evidence he would split from the far right who brung him to the white house? scoops and predictions from the note books of the reporters. [captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: welcome back, there's a mini debate among democrats abt the president's best attack on mitt romney. one side says, play romneas a flip-flopper. they look at polls like this from nbc...
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president obama talked about building new found aigs. new foundations for what? that's the big question that's out there. i would just say one thing that the united states has that no other country has is that we're a universal nation. people come here from all over the world and we have connections to all over the world. china will never have that. that has to be the basis once we move forward. once we have that defined, we know what we can compromise, what we can work with. >> this is a cartoon that caught my eye this week. i'll put it on the screen. you see it there from chris wine. it's obama and boehner, in the spirit bipartisanship, why don't you take a step to the middle first? on unemployment benefits, we're seeing a deal. mitch mcconnell doesn't want to negotiate on "meet the press." >> no, that was his sunshine-sending strategy there. something is happening. they'll get the bush tax cuts, even though we're doing a silly analogy as we did in the election, democrats think the big word is millionaire, democrats think the big word is jobs. it's in the presi
president obama talked about building new found aigs. new foundations for what? that's the big question that's out there. i would just say one thing that the united states has that no other country has is that we're a universal nation. people come here from all over the world and we have connections to all over the world. china will never have that. that has to be the basis once we move forward. once we have that defined, we know what we can compromise, what we can work with. >> this is a...
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i admire president obama, i like president obama, i voted for president obama, but the peace prize is tozed who be for doing, not being, did he deserve this? >> no, he didn't deserve it. his advisors say he didn't deserve it. most of his supporters think he didn't deserve it. you get the sense that the white house is embarrassed by it because it puts enormous pressure on him to deliver. he got support for banning nuclear weapons. we are going to get rid of nuclear weapons. you are going to take u.s. values and you are going to make them with their message to global values, the to the majority of global voters. what does that mean? there are a lot of tick tars dictators out there, some in china that we have to deal with, su these american vams is something that will not play in the american elect rat. >> if you change the nature of the debate in the world, that's what he said he was going to do, and the debate is out there. now, i think it is absolutely true. let's look at results. clearly, the committee that awards these prizes wanted to stick it to george w. bush. >> you think? >> ye
i admire president obama, i like president obama, i voted for president obama, but the peace prize is tozed who be for doing, not being, did he deserve this? >> no, he didn't deserve it. his advisors say he didn't deserve it. most of his supporters think he didn't deserve it. you get the sense that the white house is embarrassed by it because it puts enormous pressure on him to deliver. he got support for banning nuclear weapons. we are going to get rid of nuclear weapons. you are going...
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finally the political impact, the ultimate commander in chief for obama. is it a game changer for 2012? the first republican field holds its first debate. our round table votes in. bob woodward, presidential historian, doris kearn goodwin. and political strategist, mike murphy. >> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >> good morning. the raid on the compound in abbottab abbottabad, pakistan, provided a treasure troef of data, showing that bin laden had remained highly active in directing al-qaeda in the decade since 9/11. among some of the items released yesterday afternoon, five videotapes, never before seen images of bin laden, giving practices to the american people, and one showed a bearded bin laden huddled under a blanket flipping through what appeared to be news footage of himself on television. the audiotapes were not released to the u.s., so as not to spread any more to america. tom donald. good to see you. >> thank you. good to be here. >> from this raid, we referenced the videos just a moment ago. >> a couple points
finally the political impact, the ultimate commander in chief for obama. is it a game changer for 2012? the first republican field holds its first debate. our round table votes in. bob woodward, presidential historian, doris kearn goodwin. and political strategist, mike murphy. >> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >> good morning. the raid on the compound in abbottab abbottabad, pakistan, provided a treasure troef of data, showing that bin...
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the problem is we don't know what happens if this obama plan fails. secretary of defense gates says that iran is about a year to three years away from reaching a nuclear threshold. israelis hear that as nine months. if obama can't change iranian behavior and he's worked very, very hard at this. one of his greatest foreign policy successes is building this coalition to have strict strident sanctions on iran, but if those fail and people don't have great hope they will succeed, if they fail we would like to know what happens next. he said he's determined, that's a quote, to stop iran from going nuclear. this is a big looming question in foreign policy over the next year. what does that mean? how far will he go to stop iran? >> our own richard engel reported on the withdrawal. this is in part how it looked. >> reporter: the troops scan the roads weapons armed but mostly a precaution. the threat is considered low. at sunrise we first see the road. the troops are driving down iraq's main north-south highway. smooth, wide black top. what a difference to how
the problem is we don't know what happens if this obama plan fails. secretary of defense gates says that iran is about a year to three years away from reaching a nuclear threshold. israelis hear that as nine months. if obama can't change iranian behavior and he's worked very, very hard at this. one of his greatest foreign policy successes is building this coalition to have strict strident sanctions on iran, but if those fail and people don't have great hope they will succeed, if they fail we...
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can obama get us to double down on believing that he'll keep us number one? has he got the good stuff to bring us back from the bad time? has he got the hot hand to match real concerns that we may be down for good. too much information. it took one bad conversation to turn good-time charlie sheen into bad-time charlie sheen. remember sarah palin's chat with katie couric and jimmy carter getting up close and personal with "playboy" and what's up with the tea partyers? can't they get a candidate? they might have swoon for thune, now someone is pretending to like them. i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "the huffington post's" howard fineman, the bbc's katty kay, msnbc's norah o'donnell and "time magazine's" rick stengel. "time magazine" has this cover, is america still number one? nobody knows, job growth is on the right path right now but if we don't cut the debt, will america's greatness end, and if we don't invest in education and research, will greatness end? decade after decade, we relearn that the american belief in our strength tends
can obama get us to double down on believing that he'll keep us number one? has he got the good stuff to bring us back from the bad time? has he got the hot hand to match real concerns that we may be down for good. too much information. it took one bad conversation to turn good-time charlie sheen into bad-time charlie sheen. remember sarah palin's chat with katie couric and jimmy carter getting up close and personal with "playboy" and what's up with the tea partyers? can't they get a...
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the political landscape and the obama agenda, with us e.j. dionne, bbc world news america katty kay, peggy noonan and nbc news white house correspondent chuck todd. in our "meet the press" minute, january 1976, another time of economic turmoil presidential candidate senator lloyd benson offers practical advice to then president gerald ford on his upcoming state of the union address. >> we should be creating opportunity, what the people are looking for in this country is return of self confidence. >>> first, senior white house adviser jalry jarrett. welcome back to the program, to "meet the press." >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. >> there is news that i wanted to ask you about. osama bin dad laden has cut another video, is that his voice and is it striking that he appears back in charge of calling the the shots on running operations for al qaeda? >> we have no independent confirmation that that is his voice but let's look at it. the fact of the matter is he is a murderer, has attacked americans and he has killed more muslims than any
the political landscape and the obama agenda, with us e.j. dionne, bbc world news america katty kay, peggy noonan and nbc news white house correspondent chuck todd. in our "meet the press" minute, january 1976, another time of economic turmoil presidential candidate senator lloyd benson offers practical advice to then president gerald ford on his upcoming state of the union address. >> we should be creating opportunity, what the people are looking for in this country is return...
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the ultimate commander in chief moment for obama. is it a game-changer for 2012 as a still unsettled republican field holds its first debate? our roundtable weighs in. associate editor of "the washington post" and author of "obama's wars," bob woodward, presidential historian doris kearns goodwin, the bbc's katty kay, and columnist for "time" magazine, republican strategist mike murphy. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. the raid on the compound in abbottabad, pakistan, last sunday not only resulted in the killing of the world's most wanted man, it provided u.s. intelligence officials a treasure trove of data showing, they say, that bin laden had remained highly active in directing al qaeda in the decade since 9/11. among some of the items released by the u.s. government yesterday afternoon, five videotapes showing never seen before videotapes of bin laden, several including actual or practice messages to the american people, and one shows a gray-bearded bin laden huddled under a blanket flipping through
the ultimate commander in chief moment for obama. is it a game-changer for 2012 as a still unsettled republican field holds its first debate? our roundtable weighs in. associate editor of "the washington post" and author of "obama's wars," bob woodward, presidential historian doris kearns goodwin, the bbc's katty kay, and columnist for "time" magazine, republican strategist mike murphy. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. the...
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it's a double standard. >> i'm defending the obama administration today. the obama administration is moving in the right direction, away from overly strict and abstract rules into some local flexibility. >> i want to get to the issue of supreme court. it looks like we're about to have ha by maybe tomorrow. that is the president's supreme court pick. here are the final lifts as best we can determine it. among the names, we talked about elna kagan, judge merit garland on the d.c. circuit and also judge diane wood with whom the president has a close relationship, has known her for some period of time. e.j., back to you on this, what's going to make up the president's mind? >> i think putting this in the context of future fights is one. he probably will have another nomination. but he is somebody who really has -- he has a lot of self-confidence. there's probably no issue on which he has more self-confidence than this one. he was a law professor, he knows all these people. the scuttlebutt around washington is elana kagan is going to be the choice. i have no id
it's a double standard. >> i'm defending the obama administration today. the obama administration is moving in the right direction, away from overly strict and abstract rules into some local flexibility. >> i want to get to the issue of supreme court. it looks like we're about to have ha by maybe tomorrow. that is the president's supreme court pick. here are the final lifts as best we can determine it. among the names, we talked about elna kagan, judge merit garland on the d.c....
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and obama has a tendency to ramble. and i think that's going to be interesting to watch. >> listen, i think the reality is that when the challenger gets the opportunity to stand on the same stage, feet from the president of the united states, and go toe-to-toe, and offer without any media fundamentalad press densz densy, i think it will make a difference. >> romney had a conversation with "good morning america" about that. let me play a portion and have you respond to it in particular. >> i think he's going to say a lot of things that aren't accurate. but i think that the challenge that i'll have in the debate is that the president tends to, how shall i say it, say things that aren't true. and in attacking his opponents. >> give me an example of what he would want to attack, what the president has done, and how you think romney will handle it. >> well, i think president obama has, and i want to be charitable here, has a casual relationship with the truth. he's very eloquent. he's extremely articulate. he is very bright.
and obama has a tendency to ramble. and i think that's going to be interesting to watch. >> listen, i think the reality is that when the challenger gets the opportunity to stand on the same stage, feet from the president of the united states, and go toe-to-toe, and offer without any media fundamentalad press densz densy, i think it will make a difference. >> romney had a conversation with "good morning america" about that. let me play a portion and have you respond to it...
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obama says they're the same people. i think the governor keeps trying to make these arguments that even in high school debate he would lose if you can't do better than that. >> mr. speaker, if it appears likely now, that governor romney will release his tax records as you called for him to do last week, will you be satisfied and do you agree with him there could be facts in there that both you and president obama would use against him? >> i don't know. i think if there are things in there that can be used against him we better know it before the nomination. the last thing republicans want to do is nominate somebody who collapses in september. beating barack obama has to be the number one mission of the republican party. a second term for barack obama will be a disaster for this country and i am committed to beating him and i think i've proven in the debates i could take him on in a series of debates and undo his billion dollar campaign and i think it's important we have a candidate who's strong enough and tough enough t
obama says they're the same people. i think the governor keeps trying to make these arguments that even in high school debate he would lose if you can't do better than that. >> mr. speaker, if it appears likely now, that governor romney will release his tax records as you called for him to do last week, will you be satisfied and do you agree with him there could be facts in there that both you and president obama would use against him? >> i don't know. i think if there are things in...
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president obama said the same thing. what i suggested is that according to our leadership right now, there is an intractable difference about lowering marginal rates. and you're saying you can build support to throw out the entire tax code? >> yes, that's what i'm saying. >> based on what? >> based upon the -- >> how do you do it? >> david, based upon the many speeches i've given, when i've talked to people. i've been out there talking to voters. that's what. look, ultimately they want to get -- they're going to listen to their constituency. the assumption is they're not going to listen to the people. there is a huge amount of public support for 9-9-9. just talk to anybody. this is what's going to help us get it passed. the public support. now here's one other thing that i'm doing differently -- >> i just want to get this down. you're acknowledging this morning which i haven't heard you do before that there are individuals who are going to pay more in taxes. >> there are some, yes. >> and you think those people are going
president obama said the same thing. what i suggested is that according to our leadership right now, there is an intractable difference about lowering marginal rates. and you're saying you can build support to throw out the entire tax code? >> yes, that's what i'm saying. >> based on what? >> based upon the -- >> how do you do it? >> david, based upon the many speeches i've given, when i've talked to people. i've been out there talking to voters. that's what. look,...
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, and that's kryptonite for obama. and romney has to make the race back and tweak his message and do full offense on gingrich. there are no firewalls in primaries. >> tax releases, does that help now? put it to rest? >> well, yeah, i say made a suit made out of your tax returns and defends it and make your argument because that's what people need to see to win. they have to go into florida hard and they have to hurt newt. it's a message thing. >> let's talk about message, katty kay, because joe has been talking about this all week long, and it's the politics of grievan grievance. listen to newt gingrich last night proclaiming victory. >> i believe the debate we're going to have with president obama over the last eight or nine months, the outlining of the two americas, the america of paychecks and the america of food stamps and the america of independence and the america of dependance, and the america of strength and foreign policy and the america of weakness in foreign policy. >> this is a angrier more populist message
, and that's kryptonite for obama. and romney has to make the race back and tweak his message and do full offense on gingrich. there are no firewalls in primaries. >> tax releases, does that help now? put it to rest? >> well, yeah, i say made a suit made out of your tax returns and defends it and make your argument because that's what people need to see to win. they have to go into florida hard and they have to hurt newt. it's a message thing. >> let's talk about message,...
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the total number of americans killed by drone strikes under obama is three. that is exactly the same number of high value detainees who were waterboarded under president bush. as we all know, waterboarding is, and michael will know this as well as anybody, is going to be part of the legacy of the bush years. i don't think the obama people want targeted killing of americans to be very high up on the list of their legacy in national security policy, which is why they have an incentive to try to figure out a way to do something about this. >> there is an additional incentive here as well, though, because drones are central to the obama approach for national security. precisely because they want to disengage from what they regard as messy counterinsurgency operations, like in afghanistan. so what do you do when you disengage from counterinsurgency operations? you have to step up counterterrorism operations, which is what drones do and what they have done, in order not to just surrender this ground. so i think that the expanded use of drones is actually related to
the total number of americans killed by drone strikes under obama is three. that is exactly the same number of high value detainees who were waterboarded under president bush. as we all know, waterboarding is, and michael will know this as well as anybody, is going to be part of the legacy of the bush years. i don't think the obama people want targeted killing of americans to be very high up on the list of their legacy in national security policy, which is why they have an incentive to try to...
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then obama's war. the president announce as timetable to end the troop surge in afghanistan. >> the tide of war is -- >> some democrats say the withdrawal isn't fast enough. >> we can no longer afford to rebuild afghanistan and america. we must choose. and i choose america. >> the debate inside the democratic party this morning, plus mixed messages from the house on the military campaign against libya. two prominent members of the senate armed services committee. senator jack reid of rhode island and senator jim webb of virginia. finally our political roundtable weighs in on 2012 politics. jon huntsman makes it official. michele bachmann announces tomorrow, and the president passed the oil reserve to drive down gas prices for the summer. with us, the bbcen katty kay and mark bai and columnist for the "new york times," david rohde. >>> good morning. high-ledge talked stalled last week the president himself stepped directly into the negotiations with top republican leaders senator mitch mcconnell and hou
then obama's war. the president announce as timetable to end the troop surge in afghanistan. >> the tide of war is -- >> some democrats say the withdrawal isn't fast enough. >> we can no longer afford to rebuild afghanistan and america. we must choose. and i choose america. >> the debate inside the democratic party this morning, plus mixed messages from the house on the military campaign against libya. two prominent members of the senate armed services committee. senator...
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president obama cut short his martha's vineyard vacation. >> all indications point to this being a historic hurricane. >> what has been learned from past failures like the response to hurricane katrina just six years ago this weekend? and what new planning must be done to weather unanticipated threats like this week's rare earthquake on the east coast? also, our "political roundtable" this morning on the politics of disaster response and the new force taking over the republican field for the presidency, texas governor rick perry. >> our country is in trouble, and it's got to have someone who understands how to get america working again, and i'm it! >> and former vice president dick cheney's new memoir takes on the critics. >> this book is going to make a lot of people angry. >> there will be heads exploding all over washington. >> with us, national correspondent for the "today" program, jamie gangel, columnist for "the new york times," david brooks, author and georgetown university professor michael eric dyson, and the bbc's catty kay. >>> good morning, the worst may still be to come as hur
president obama cut short his martha's vineyard vacation. >> all indications point to this being a historic hurricane. >> what has been learned from past failures like the response to hurricane katrina just six years ago this weekend? and what new planning must be done to weather unanticipated threats like this week's rare earthquake on the east coast? also, our "political roundtable" this morning on the politics of disaster response and the new force taking over the...
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and priebus debate the obama presidency and the 2012 campaign. then our political round table breaking down the gop primary battle. herman cain is out. suspending his presidential campaign after a rough few weeks, including allegations monday of a long-time extramarital affair. >> false accusations about me continue. they have sidetracked and distracted my ability to present solutions to the american people. what does it mean for the rest of the field? also mitt romney pressed again about his changes positions and record as massachusetts governor. >> it is an unusual interview. all right. let's do it again. >> meantime newt gingrich predicts he will win the nomination. >> clearly more conservative candidate by any rationale standard. >> will the fight for the right come down to romney versus gingrich. joining us the author of the paper's endorsement joe mcquaid. anchor of bbc world news america, katy kay. former democratic congressman, harold ford jr. and "time" magazine's mark halperin. from nbc news in washington, "meet the press," with david g
and priebus debate the obama presidency and the 2012 campaign. then our political round table breaking down the gop primary battle. herman cain is out. suspending his presidential campaign after a rough few weeks, including allegations monday of a long-time extramarital affair. >> false accusations about me continue. they have sidetracked and distracted my ability to present solutions to the american people. what does it mean for the rest of the field? also mitt romney pressed again about...
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. >> president obama makes the case for another four years. new jobless numbers give him a boost, falling to the lowest level since 2009. but slow growth, rising debt and a financial crisis in europe are still major concerns. >> now is not theime to slam the brakes on the recovery. right now it's time to step on the gas. >> this morning, a debate on the president's case for re-election. first, mr. obama's senior campaign adviser david axelrod and then the gop's top party official reince priebus, axelrod and priebus debate the obama presidency and the 2012 campaign. then our political round table breaking down the gop primary battle. herman cain is out. suspending his presidential campaign after a rough few weeks, including allegations monday of a long-time extramarital affair. >> false accusations about me continue. they have sidetracked and distracted my ability to present solutions to the american people. what does it mean for the rest of the field? so mitt romney pressed again about his changes positions and record as massachusetts governor
. >> president obama makes the case for another four years. new jobless numbers give him a boost, falling to the lowest level since 2009. but slow growth, rising debt and a financial crisis in europe are still major concerns. >> now is not theime to slam the brakes on the recovery. right now it's time to step on the gas. >> this morning, a debate on the president's case for re-election. first, mr. obama's senior campaign adviser david axelrod and then the gop's top party...